head: BASIC HUMAN NEEDS Basic Human Needs Thane S. Pittman and Kate R. Zeigler Colby College DRAFT Chapter to appear in Kruglanski‚ A.‚ & Higgins‚ E. (2006)‚ Social Psychology: A handbook of basic principles‚ 2nd Edition. New York: Guilford Publications Thane S. Pittman and Kate R. Zeigler Department of Psychology 5550 Mayflower Hill Colby College Waterville‚ ME 04901 207-859-5557 tpittman@colby.edu Basic Human Needs Basic Human Needs "It is vain to do with more what can be done with
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Sleep Apnea One night I sleep with my husband and I feel his heart stop and pump up again by the time. This situation made me worried about him. I find out what wrong with him that was sleep apnea disease. Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep‚ sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain -- and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen. There
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have shown that the optimum amount of sleep a person should get each night is seven to eight hours. Many people have trouble getting this amount of sleep. Between work‚ family obligations‚ and household chores‚ too often a person gets only a few hours of sleep a night. What effect does sleep deprivation have on people? Sleep deprivation has a definite effect on learning‚ memory‚ and the ability to think clearly. If a person is not able to get a full night’s sleep after learning something new‚ he will
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Sleep is directly correlated to the grades students receive on exams Abstract I investigate students attaining higher grades on exams when they receive proper sleep. I discuss 3 possible hypotheses for the reason of this occurrence: 1) more sleep contributes to greater capability in remembering‚ 2) rest is necessary for the brain to function at its prime‚ 3) staying awake and studying the night before leaves you with no energy during the actual exam. I will test hypothesis 2‚ which will include
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation Darren Montgomery || 000249114 QBT 1 Task 5 WGU || Mentor: DeeDee Hessler When Thomas Edison set out to create the light bulb‚ his intention was to reduce the amount of time that people spent sleeping. His idea was that if people had light to work by they could and would work longer hours. In his mind‚ sleep was something that was not needed and stood opposed to progress (Coren‚ 1996). “Anything which tends to slow work down is a waste
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Discuss the nature of sleep ( AO1= 8‚ AO2=16) In this essay I will discuss the nature of sleep‚ in terms of: REM‚ NREM‚ and the physiology of sleep. There are two sorts of sleep: REM and NREM. REM and NREM are as different from each other as each is from wakefulness. NREM sleep is characterised by an idle brain in a very relaxed body; whereas REM sleep is characterised by a brain that appears to be wide awake in a virtually paralysed body. There are 4 stages to NREM sleep: ‘falling’‚ easily woken
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Sleep and Stress Management Stress can come in many different forms and can be brought on by many different forces. Work‚ family‚ school‚ and relationships are among a few stressors people face everyday. The body can react to these stressors with head or stomach aches‚ loss of appetite‚ and little or no sleep. Although people may not realize it‚ managing good sleeping habits is a key factor in controlling underlying stress problems. To a certain degree‚ some level of stress is good to have
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The Vampire Diaries Review The story centers around a girl named Elena Gilbert‚ a high school girl who is torn tremendously between two brothers‚ Stefan and Damon Savatar. Elena becomes romantically involved with the younger of the two brothers‚ Stefan. She soon finds out that Stefan is a vampire. At first she is freaked out‚ then she begins to accept Stephan for who he is‚ which is a kind vampire. Elena’s best friend Bonnie is a witch who can miraculously perform witch craft spells in order to
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1689‚ p.1). Sleep paralysis causes psychological deficits in people of all ages. Sleep paralysis has been around for hundreds of years. There has been evidence of Persian doctors that have attempted to diagnose its symptoms around 865 C.E. – 925 C.E. (Sleep paralysis‚ 2012). The most recent known documentation after the Persian doctors is a case from 1664 by a Dutch physician. Isbrand Van Diemerbroeck diagnosed sleep paralysis as intercepting the motion of the voice and respiration (Sleep paralysis
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Diary of a Wimpy kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney is the 3rd book in the series Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I’ve read all of the books in the series now. To be honest‚ I understand why kids are drawn to them but as an adult reading them all back to back they got a bit old. As I’ve shared in my reviews of the other books in the series‚ this is one of my son’s favorite book series. My son AJ who is 10‚ was so happy that I read the first book and when I finished it‚ he lined up book 2 and 3 in the series
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